Education..committee

Education Subcommittee

Chairperson: Ellie Hoffman
Other members: Rob DeFazio, Katie Estes, Tim Houseknecht, Barb Lias, Jim Padlo, Joel Whitcher, John White,
Mary Schena, Tracey Spears, Jerry Trietley, Janet Ofano, Chris Ofano, Kim Martinelli

Meeting Notes 8-30-2010
Educational Research Questions

9/13 from Tim: I did some research on WNY districts of similar type to Olean. See the attached spreadsheet. We could talk about it tonight at our subcommittee meeting.


Survey:
Click here for a survey sent to superintendents of the districts in the spreadsheet.

Survey results:
Please click here for the results of our survey




Research Links
Grade Level Center Feasibility Study
Current Status of Grade Level Centers at the school above (May 2010)

**The Effect of Number of School-to-School Transitions On District Performance**

Dollars & Sense
http://www.ruraledu.org/user_uploads/file/Dollars_and_Sense.pdf

Grade configuration articles found by Tim H:
http://www.delicious.com/timhouseknecht/research.grade_configurations
There are lots of articles out there. I'll put some up on the link above as I find stuff.

Grade Level Configurations
http://www.eastlongmeadow.org/schools/ms3.pdf


K-8, 9-12 and Grade Configuration Research: A Compilation of Research Studies
http://sd71.bc.ca/pdfs/configuration/K-8%20Research.pdf


http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/viewFile/369/495


http://www.unit5.org/districtinformation/organizations/cac/docs/CACAttendance%20Centers2008.pdf

http://www.sudbury.k12.ma.us/data/Redistricting/Grade%20Span%20Research.Final%20Paper.pdf